Jennifer T Wilson
Jennifer Wilson is a Science and Quality Assurance Section Chief in Austin, TX.
Jennifer oversees a team of specialists that provide science support and quality assurance for staff in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. She was the Central Texas Hydrologic Studies section chief from 2016 to 2021 where she led a group of scientists and researchers that worked primarily in water quality, water use, and geophysics. Before then, she was a project manager for a wide variety of water-quality projects. She studied water quality in groundwater and surface water plus sediment-associated contaminants in lakes, reservoirs, streams, and stormwater runoff. She was part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) Contaminated Trends in Lake Sediments Project that collected and analyzed sediment cores from over 130 lakes/reservoirs across 37 states in the U.S. from 1992 to 2014.
Education and Certifications
Jennifer earned an MS in Geological Sciences in 2001 and a BS in Geological Sciences in 1995 both from the University of Texas at Austin.
Affiliations and Memberships*
Licensed by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, 2003 to present.
Honors and Awards
In 2013, Jennifer was a recipient of the DOI and USGS Environmental Achievement Award.
Science and Products
Major and trace elements in 35 lake and reservoir sediment cores from across the United States, 1994-2001
Response to comment on “Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”
Effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the chemistry of bottom sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA
Concentrations, loads, and yields of particle-associated contaminants in urban creeks, Austin, Texas, 1999-2004
Distribution and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in Woods Inlet, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003
Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and major and trace elements in simulated rainfall runoff from parking lots, Austin, Texas, 2003
Immunoassay screening of sediment cores for polychlorinated biphenyls, Devil's Swamp Lake near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004
Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from 56 U.S. lakes and reservoirs sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992-2001
Occurrence of and trends in selected sediment-associated contaminants in Caddo Lake, East Texas, 1940-2002
Occurrence, trends, and sources in particle-associated contaminants in selected streams and lakes in Fort Worth, Texas
Chemical quality of water, sediment, and fish in Mountain Creek Lake, Dallas, Texas, 1994-97
Science and Products
Major and trace elements in 35 lake and reservoir sediment cores from across the United States, 1994-2001
Response to comment on “Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”
Effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the chemistry of bottom sediments in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, USA
Concentrations, loads, and yields of particle-associated contaminants in urban creeks, Austin, Texas, 1999-2004
Distribution and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in Woods Inlet, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003
Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and major and trace elements in simulated rainfall runoff from parking lots, Austin, Texas, 2003
Immunoassay screening of sediment cores for polychlorinated biphenyls, Devil's Swamp Lake near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2004
Collection, analysis, and age-dating of sediment cores from 56 U.S. lakes and reservoirs sampled by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992-2001
Occurrence of and trends in selected sediment-associated contaminants in Caddo Lake, East Texas, 1940-2002
Occurrence, trends, and sources in particle-associated contaminants in selected streams and lakes in Fort Worth, Texas
Chemical quality of water, sediment, and fish in Mountain Creek Lake, Dallas, Texas, 1994-97
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government